Return-path: Received: from mx03.syneticon.net ([78.111.66.105]:45600 "EHLO mx03.syneticon.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754756AbZJZN15 (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:27:57 -0400 Message-ID: <4AE5A3DC.1090804@wpkg.org> Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:27:56 +0100 From: Tomasz Chmielewski MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" CC: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: "Reserved instruction in kernel code" on ath9k insertion References: <4AE35A9E.8000507@wpkg.org> <43e72e890910260617n6efbd260gcafbf5d1d2c84e23@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <43e72e890910260617n6efbd260gcafbf5d1d2c84e23@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 12:50 PM, Tomasz Chmielewski wrote: >> When I do "modprobe ath9k" on ASUS-WL-500gP (MIPS) with _ath5k_ card (so, no >> ath9k hardware), it says "Reserved instruction in kernel code" - is it >> expected? > > No. > >> The kernel is 2.6.31.1. >> >> >> # modprobe ath9k >> [ 165.440000] Reserved instruction in kernel code[#1]: >> [ 165.440000] Cpu 0 >> [ 165.440000] $ 0 : 00000000 1000dc00 00000000 00000000 >> [ 165.440000] $ 4 : c1135b20 00000001 c044e69c ffffffff >> [ 165.440000] $ 8 : 0000000a 8101f6d8 ffffffe0 0000002b >> [ 165.440000] $12 : 00000e44 00000006 80333ae8 5f657361 >> [ 165.440000] $16 : 00000001 c1135ca4 80370000 81418000 >> [ 165.440000] $20 : 00000000 00000000 00000000 004fe008 >> [ 165.440000] $24 : 00000010 c1115118 >> [ 165.440000] $28 : 81da6000 81da7ea8 7febead8 81418014 >> [ 165.440000] Hi : 00000000 >> [ 165.440000] Lo : 00000000 >> [ 165.440000] epc : c044e694 0xc044e694 >> [ 165.440000] Not tainted > > This says not tainted. (...) >> [ 165.440000] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint > > But this says kernel taint. Yep, I saw this as well. About every oops or panic on this hardware says "Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint", no idea why. -- Tomasz Chmielewski http://wpkg.org